Eyeglasses for welders&#39; helmets



Nov. 18, 1941. J 5, ND E 2,263,116

EYEGLASSES FOR WELDERS' HELMETS Filed Aug. 8, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 7 4 l2 6/ Inventor I 3 2704 1 A/Iat-ewa 'Nov- 1941- J. s. ANDREWS EYEGLASSES FOR WELDERS HELMETS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 8, 1940 Ihventor Attorney Patented Nov. 18,1941

.zumw STATES? AT OFFICE smemssns ron wn nnas' HELMETS John S. Andrews, Baltimore, Md. Application August 8.1940, Serial No. 351,789 2 Claims. (01. 2-8) This invention relates to an eyeglass attachment for a welders helmet, the general object of the invention being to provide the helmet with lenses made to suit the eyes of the welder using the helmet so that he will not need to use his regular eyeglasses.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom-' panying drawings and specifically .pointed out in the appended claims. i

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views. and in which: Figure 1 is an elevation of the helmet provided with the invention. a

Figure 2 is a side view thereof. Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a VlBW oithe glass carrying member of the helmet with the parts thereof separated and showing the lens carrying member- Figure 5 is a face view of the lens carrying member.

Figure 6 is a section we 5. I

In these views the letter A indicates the helmet which'may be of any suitable construcon the line 66 of Fig- Rtion and the numeral l indicates the window frame of the helmet and through. which the welder looks during the yzvelding operation. This member 'is fastened to thehelmet. and

covers an opening formed therein and it is formed with a flange which surrounds theopening 3 in the frame. A clear piece of glass 4 fits against the flange and covers the opening and a dark "glas's 5 rests against the inner face of the glass 4. A gasket 6 rests against edge portions of theglas's sandmy improved.

lens vcarrying glass l rests against the gasket and this lens carrying'member has a clear piece of' glass 8 resting against its inner 'iac'e. 'Ijhese parts are heldin place bytherecftangular Spring frame 9' heldin place by the clips lli which are fastened to 'parts of the frame Lby the-screws II. The frame 9 is formed with the spring fin gers .9 for resting against centralportions of the glass 8.

The glass 1 has holes .thereinand 'a pair of lenses I! are fitted in the holes and are suitably fastened therein either by cement or heating, etc. These lenses'are, of course, made to suit the eyes of the welder using the helmet. In other wordsy'th'ey are made similar to the lenses that he uses in glasses. Thus with this invention the welder does not need to. use his regular glasses but can remove them when he is using the helmet as the lenses i2 willenable him to clearly see'the workbeing performed. I

Thuswith this invention perspiration or moisv ture cahnotwreach the lenses "of the device as it does when th 'welder wears glasses and these lenses icannotgetjintheway of the welder and theywill .givetheey'es the same protection asregularglasses'and-the -welder can readily wipe his face to .reiiiof efspiration and the like witho t the bother jiemoving his glasses an then placinghi'sglasses back in place.

It is thought from the foregoing description that thefadvantages and novel features of the inventionzwill be readily apparent.- v It is to be understood that changes may be made in, the construction and in the combination and arrangement oi the-several parts provided that 'such changes fall within the scope or the appended claims.

Having described the invention,- what is claimed as newis: o

1. In a welder's helmet having a window therein, a plain transparent member extending across the window, a dark translucent member extending across the window in rear of the first 85 member. a. transparent plate extending across the window in rear of the translucent member, .said plate having a pair of circular openings therein, eyeglass'lenses fastened in the openlugs and a plain .transparent membenextending across the window in rear of thele'ns'carrying member and means for holding the members in position. 2. In combination with a welders helmet hav- 5 ing, a window therein and substantiallytransparent members passing across the window, a

transparent platelocated betweensome of the ;.iirst-mentioned members. andhaving. apair of circular holestherein and eyeglass-lenses held 50 in said holes.

JOHN S. ANDREWS. 

